Haughwout, E. V., Building
National Register of Historic Places

Haughwout, E. V., Building

New York, New York County, New York
Listed
August 27, 1973
Type
Building
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
73001218

About this property

The E. V. Haughwout Building is a five-story, 79-foot-tall (24 m) commercial loft building in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, at the corner of Broome Street and Broadway. Built in 1857 to a design by John P. Gaynor, with cast-iron facades for two street-fronts provided by Daniel D. Badger's Architectural Iron Works, it originally housed Eder V. Haughwout's fashionable emporium, which sold imported cut glass and silverware as well as its own handpainted china and fine chandeliers, and which attracted many wealthy clients – including Mary Todd Lincoln, who had new official White House china painted here. It was also the location of the world's first successful passenger elevator.

Location

488-492 Broadway
New York, New York County, New York
40.72342, -74.00237

Categories

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Sources

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When was Haughwout, E. V., Building listed on the National Register?

Haughwout, E. V., Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 27, 1973.

What type of historic resource is Haughwout, E. V., Building?

Haughwout, E. V., Building is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Haughwout, E. V., Building is recorded as the early_republic era, specifically around 1857.

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